Chapter 227, Zhennanguan (4)
"Grandpa, Jiang Gou sent someone to persuade the surrender again today. He insisted that his grandson admit his position as commander of the legion, and said that as long as his grandson promised him, he would recommend me to the imperial capital to guard Zhennan Pass. I did not agree to him. This kid is a wolfish ambition and will never give up our Zhang family. His grandson is unfilial and cannot stick to his family business, but his grandson would rather be broken than be like such a ruthless and despicable villain, and hand the vanguard to such a treacherous villain." Zhang Yu, with a tiger-backed and bear-back and a little sad and angry face, knelt on his face, and talked like a child.
Zhang Yu is only 21 years old this year. If Zhang Zhen does not fall ill, he should have successfully become the successor to the vanguard army.
But since Zhang Zhen suddenly fell ill three years ago, everything has changed drastically.
When he was sick, Zhang Zhen was still awake. More than two years ago, he simply fell into a complete coma. He searched all the doctors in Zhennan Pass and even the southwest provinces, but were helpless.
Zhang Yu was even more intimately because he was eager to prove himself in front of the soldiers of the vanguard army, and became infamous. Although he had forbearance that ordinary young people did not have, he could only barely maintain this half of the city.
Every day, as long as there is no need to deal with things, Zhang Yu will kneel in front of his grandfather’s hospital bed like this, telling the things he had born in this day. This is an opportunity for Zhang Yu, who lost his father since childhood and the only son in the family. In Zhang Yu’s eyes, the closest thing to him in the world is the old man who lies on the hospital bed and cannot speak.
From the beginning of his martial arts practice to the time he was sent to the military academy to study, the old man made arrangements for him every step until he entered the vanguard army and finally entrusted the Zhang family's vanguard army to Zhang Yu. Zhang Zhen can be said to have worked hard.
Zhang Yu did not disappoint the old man's hope. When he was studying at the Jiangnan 6th Army Higher College, one of the four major military academies in the Empire, he was the first in the comprehensive score of the college at that time. After graduation, he returned to the vanguard army and began to go on several battles. He also returned victoriously and was quickly promoted to the regiment commander.
Zhang Zhen is a righteous person, and he does not doubt his employing people, and does not avoid being jealous of his relatives and virtuous. He has a high prestige in the vanguard army. Therefore, he promoted Zhang Yu for his military merits, and no one else had any objections.
However, just after Zhang Zhen fell ill and Jiang Kaishan was in charge of the incident, Zhang Yu began to be in trouble.
After Zhang Zhen fell ill, a vassal state that was originally a fairly settled suddenly rose up and made a war letter, insulting Zhang Zhen.
Zhang Yu asked Jiang Kaishan for orders to go to the expedition, but Jiang Kaishan refused to agree, and he still looked down upon him, meaning that Zhang Yu had achieved these achievements in the past by relying on the care of his ancestors, and now he should stay in the city honestly.
Zhang Yu was young and energetic, so he was naturally angry, so he simply took his own group to fight, but was caught and most of his team lost.
After this battle, the entire Zhennan Pass was in an uproar, because for thousands of years, only the imperial soldiers had been suppressing a vassal state, and it was never defeated by these vassal states.
On the surface, Jiang Kaishan said that for Zhang Zhen, he would not hold Zhang Yu responsible, and even promoted Zhang Yu to be the commander of the brigade, but the commander of the brigade was in charge of the old, weak and disabled soldiers in the back camp and no longer had the actual power.
Zhang Yu also felt that he had lost his ancestors' face, and there was no one to talk to him. He drank to relieve his sorrows every day.
These were promoted in the eyes of those who are interested, and Zhang Yu was inexplicably involved in several peach blossom lawsuits about brothels, which completely changed the impression of Zhang Yu at Zhennan Pass.
At this point, Zhang Yu realized that all this was probably planned by Jiang Kaishan. In addition to regret, Zhang Yu knew that he could not fight Jiang Kaishan now, so he pretended to be stupid to the end. Every day, he just summoned a group of middle and lower-level young officers to drink and have fun.
After Jiang Kaishan tried several times, he looked down on Zhang Yu the more he looked down on him and didn't care about him finding the young officers to drink.
But unexpectedly, just two months ago, Zhang Yu, who had endured for two years, suddenly had a force. Although he only controlled some young officers of the highest level of the regiment commander, he also raised more than 10,000 people. Jiang Kaishan was caught off guard and was controlled by Zhang Yu to the East City of Zhennan Pass, and the two sides confronted each other.
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"Young Master, Dushou Chen visited."
Just as Zhang Yu was whispering to his grandfather, an old man walked in, but it was the old housekeeper of the Zhang family.
"Why is he here? Could it be that he is here to be the lobbyist of Jiang Kaishan? Forget it, Uncle Ning, please take him to the living room, I'll go there right away." Zhang Yu pondered for a while and ordered.
Zhang Yu had a very ordinary impression of Chen Ren. At least in the years when he was suppressed by Jiang Kaishan, Chen Ren's attitude of not caring about and protecting himself made him feel that this person could not be close to him.
Although Zhang Zhen asked Zhang Yu to call Chen Ren Shishu before he became ill, he really disliked Zhang Yu.
And at this delicate moment, Chen Ren suddenly visited, and even visited overnight. Is there anything important to tell him?
Zhang Yu was puzzled, but he did not dare to offend Chen Ren easily. Although he did not know which big boss was behind Chen Ren, looking at Jiang Kaishan's respectful attitude towards Chen Ren, you can know that that person is at least not worse than the Zhuge family behind Jiang Kaishan.
Moreover, Chen Ren's subordinates had 1,800 people, and they were not too much or too little. If they really wanted to turn to one side, at least they would have the advantage in the debate in the imperial capital afterwards.
"Uncle Chen Shi came late at night, and my nephew was in a hurry to welcome him. I'm sorry for his crimes." Zhang Yu sorted out his clothes and welcomed him to the living room under the guidance of the servant. He saw Chen Ren standing in the hall at first sight, and immediately bowed.
"Nephew Yaowu, I came here uninvited, so I didn't disturb you to rest." Chen Ren was also polite and called Zhang Yu's word "官网".
"Uncle Shi, please tell me if you have something to do, and my nephew listened attentively." Zhang Yu asked Chen Ren to take the position of the head, and he also knelt on the collapse.
"Yaowu. I came here this time mainly to visit Old Zhang's army. I wonder how he is in good health?" Chen Ren said.
"This, grandfather has been in a coma for a long time and can no longer recognize people. But if Uncle Zhen insists on visiting, then come with his nephew." Zhang Yu nodded, but he could not refuse the excuse of visiting the patient.
Besides, Uncle Shi was recognized by Zhang Zhen himself on behalf of Zhang Yu.
The two walked through the living room, crossed the middle hall, and soon came to the house where Zhang Zhen lived in sick in the backyard.
"My grandfather was in a coma for so long, and because he could not move, he felt a little uncomfortable in his body." Zhang Yu reminded.
Despite Zhang Yu's reminder, after more than a year, after seeing Zhang Zhen again, Chen Ren still felt a little emotional and sad.
The commander of the vanguard army who once shocked the southwest and dared to go to Annan to negotiate with Hong's family alone seemed to be unable to connect with the thin and pale old man on the sickbed.
"Master Chen Dong, I didn't expect you to be like this today, alas..." Chen Ren suddenly started to whimper.
"Uncle Shi, please don't be sad." Zhang Yu hurriedly comforted him.
"You are now unconscious, but you don't know that your grandson is about to be in trouble, and your Zhang family's thousand-year foundation will not be guaranteed. I, the uncle, feel uncomfortable when I look at it..." Chen Ren ignored these things and actually cried bitterly.
"Uncle Chen Shi, what are you doing? How can you speak like this?" Zhang Yu was shocked and hurriedly said.
"Ignorance child, do you think that controlling this half of the city can ensure your family's safety?" Chen Ren turned his head and pointed at Zhang Yu.
"This... Uncle Shi, my nephew is stupid. If you have something to say, please make it clear that my grandfather wants to rest here with peace of mind. Don't be shocked by him." Zhang Yu was angry and anxious. If he was not afraid of affecting Zhang Zhen's condition, he would have wanted to drag Chen Ren out immediately.
"Boy, do you think I'm exaggerating? You want to rush me out? Well, go back to the living room with me and I will take you to see a few people, and you will know your situation." Chen Ren sneered.
"Uh." Zhang Yu was told the central story and his face was flushed.
"Uncle Shi, Fei Yu is suspicious. The ancestor of the family has been seriously ill for many years. You have only visited him twice. I have always respected you as Uncle Shi, but you..." Zhang Yu said a little annoyed.
"Don't be angry. I have indeed not cared about you for the past few years, but today I am here for the safety of you and hundreds of people in the Zhang family. If your nephew Yaowu wants to hear it, I will say it. If you don't want to hear it, I will say goodbye immediately." Chen Ren said seriously.
"Uncle Shi, please speak. I'm so kind." Seeing that Chen Ren said this, Zhang Yu couldn't pursue the past again, so he hurriedly bowed.
"Okay, let's go back to the living room, I'll introduce someone to you." Chen Ren pulled Zhang Yu's hand and walked out of the ward.
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"Yaowu, do you know who this person is?" Chen Ren pointed to Lei Dongfeng.
After Zhang Yu and Chen Ren returned to the living room, Zhang Yu ordered people to bring Lei Dongfeng and others who had already entered the mansion from the backyard.
"Who is this?" Zhang Yu looked at Lei Dongfeng, but he really couldn't remember that he knew such an extraordinary young man.
"Di Shushou Chen, there is no need to have a puzzle with Brother Zhang. It is Lei Dongfeng, a Kuanglan Army. He is here to visit Brother Zhang." Lei Dongfeng saluted.
When Zhang Yu heard this, he looked unbelievable. He immediately returned a military salute and said politely: "You guys, please tell me about it in the back hall."
"It seems that Zhang Yu is really not the same as the imperial capital." Lei Dongfeng nodded secretly.
"Lei Army, what are you doing when you come to our Zhennan Pass?" Zhang Yu asked after everyone sat down.
Zhang Yu was as tactful as Chen Ren and refused to mention the wanted documents secretly released by the imperial capital.
Chen Ren is a member of Zhao Huicheng, so it is naturally impossible to report Lei Dongfeng. Zhang Yu and the forward Hou Zhang family behind him have always been unfair, let alone the Zhuge family who captured Lei Dongfeng or Jiang Kaishan's backstage?
The enemy's enemy is a friend, and Zhang Yu's calculations are very clear.
So, when Chen Ren introduced Lei Dongfeng to him, he was slightly surprised for a moment and returned to normal.
"Brother Zhang is the leader of the sect, and now he is not very satisfied." Lei Dongfeng asked without answering Zhang Yu's question.
"Oh, Yu is incompetent. Now his ancestors' foundation has been mostly lost. However, I have controlled the situation recently. If I have some help, I will definitely restore the peace of Zhennan Pass." Zhang Yu sighed, but looked at Chen Ren.
"Cough..." Chen Ren coughed and felt embarrassed. In order to protect himself over the years, he did not know that he would be Zhuge Ting's team at the beginning. The British Marquis of the Imperial Capital did not instruct him to take action, and did not want to give others a verbal statement. But Chen Ren was a gentleman after all, and now he was a little red in his face when Zhang Yu was a general like this.
Zhang Yu said something a little pissed. Lei Dongfeng and others on the side shook their heads secretly after hearing this, thinking that it was no wonder that Zhang Yu was hit by Jiang Kaishan's plan. This guy still needs to be tempered. It's a pity that he didn't wait for him. Zhang Zhen couldn't get sick, and he was also traitorous and foreign enemies.
Thinking of this, Lei Dongfeng even felt a little sympathetic to Zhang Yu. At least he had learned the sinisterness of people's hearts and the terribleness of this right from the beginning of his time travel, but Zhang Yu was like a flower in a greenhouse. These rights were considered as baptism to him. (!)
Chapter completed!